Major support for Link Up has been provided by The Irene Diamond Fund and the
Siegel Family Endowment, with additional funding from The Ambrose Monell
Foundation, Wells Fargo, the Britten-Pears Foundation, the Rose M. Badgeley
Residuary Charitable Trust, and The Barker Welfare Foundation.

Link Up in New York City schools is made possible, in part, by an endowment
gift from The Irene Diamond Fund.

The Weill Music Institute's programs are made available to a nationwide
audience, in part, by an endowment grant from the Citi Foundation.

This spring, Link Up—Carnegie
Hall’s music education program for grades 3 to 5—concludes its 29th school year
with thrilling interactive children’s concerts in communities across the United
States and abroad, including six performances in New York City over three days,
May 20–22, in Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage. More than
15,000 students and teachers from the New York City area will attend and
participate in an hour-long performance featuring the Orchestra of St. Luke’s,
conductor Rossen Milanov,
and composer and host Thomas
Cabaniss. The program and concerts are presented by Carnegie
Hall’s Weill Music Institute.

In this year’s program, The
Orchestra Sings, New York area students have explored melody
through a range of colorful orchestral repertoire in preparation for the
culminating concerts at Carnegie Hall, where they will perform along with the
orchestra by singing and playing the recorder or violin. The program includes
music by Beethoven, Dvořák, Mendelssohn, Stravinsky, Thomas Cabaniss, and Jim
Papoulis. The Orchestra
Sings is one of three distinctive, year-long Link Up curriculums,
along with The Orchestra
Moves, examining musical movement, and The Orchestra Rocks, an exploration of
rhythm.

In addition to the students and teachers participating directly with Carnegie
Hall in New York City, orchestras across the country and around the world are
now taking part in Link Up. Partner orchestras can utilize any of the program
materials—including teacher and student guides, concert scripts, and concert
visuals—in their own communities, free of charge, to engage local students and
teachers in musical learning and exploration. Over the past school year, 60
orchestras and thousands of teachers—from Alaska to Florida, as well as
internationally in Canada, Spain, and Japan—have introduced over 250,000
students to the joys of orchestral music through Link Up. Next year, Link Up
continues to expand, reaching an estimated 70 orchestras and communities around
the world. For a list of partner orchestras, click
here.

In addition to New York concerts at Carnegie Hall, upcoming Link Up concerts
include those by:

“We were not divided in the usual categories of performers and listeners. But
rather our listeners were here for exactly the same reason as the orchestra and
I—to make music!” – Conductor Rossen Milanov

“This experience has brought our entire community together and has helped us to
be seen as a valuable resource for our local music teachers.” – Jenny Krueger,
Executive Director, Acadiana Symphony Orchestra and Conservatory of Music

“My favorite part of the Link Up program is that it brings the classroom to the
real world. Students hone their skills at school to become proficient
musicians, then take their show on the road to perform with professionals. It
gives them a real sense of ownership and accomplishment.” – Patrick Dow,
Teacher, Pawtucket, Rhode Island (partner orchestra: Rhode Island Philharmonic
Orchestra)

“Link Up has made the South Carolina Philharmonic accessible for my students.
Prior to their participating in this program, most of my students didn’t know that
the philharmonic existed or what it was. But now that they have become ‘part of
the orchestra,’ they have broadened their horizons and some even attend
concerts on their own with their families.” – Linda Collins, Teacher, West
Columbia, South Carolina

About Carnegie Hall’s
Weill Music Institute
The Weill Music Institute creates visionary programs that embody Carnegie
Hall’s commitment to music education. With unparalleled access to the world’s
greatest artists, the Weill Music Institute inspires audiences of all ages,
nurtures tomorrow’s musical talent, and harnesses the power of music to make a
meaningful difference in people’s lives. An integral part of Carnegie Hall’s
concert season, these programs facilitate creative expression, develop musical
skills and capacities at all levels, and encourage participants to make
lifelong personal connections to music. The Weill Music Institute generates new
knowledge through original research and shares a wide range of free online
resources with educators and music lovers around the globe. More than 400,000
people each year engage in the Weill Music Institute’s programs through
national and international partnerships, in New York City schools and community
settings, and at Carnegie Hall.